Automated adaptive traffic corridor control using reinforcement learning: Approach and case studies

C Jacob, B Abdulhai - Transportation Research Record, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Advancements in intelligent transportation systems and communication technology could
considerably reduce delay and congestion through an array of networkwide traffic control …

A novel ramp metering approach based on machine learning and historical data

S Ghanbartehrani, A Sanandaji, Z Mokhtari… - Machine Learning and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The random nature of traffic conditions on freeways can cause excessive congestion and
irregularities in the traffic flow. Ramp metering is a proven effective method to maintain …

Data-driven transfer learning framework for estimating on-ramp and off-ramp traffic flows

X Ma, A Karimpour, YJ Wu - Journal of Intelligent Transportation …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
To develop the most appropriate control strategy and monitor, maintain, and evaluate the
traffic performance of the freeway weaving areas, state and local Departments of …

Integrated traffic control for freeway recurrent bottleneck based on deep reinforcement learning

C Wang, Y Xu, J Zhang, B Ran - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in deep reinforcement learning have shown promising results in solving
sophisticated control problems with high dimensional states and action space. Inspired by …

Reinforcement learning for traffic signal control: Incorporating a virtual mesoscopic model for depicting oversaturated traffic conditions

H Lee, Y Han, Y Kim - Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, with increasing urban traffic congestion, there has been an upsurge in studies on
reinforcement learning for traffic signal control (RL-TSC), which enables efficient traffic …

Variable speed limit and ramp metering for mixed traffic flows: A review and open questions

F Vrbanić, E Ivanjko, K Kušić, D Čakija - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The trend of increasing traffic demand is causing congestion on existing urban roads,
including urban motorways, resulting in a decrease in Level of Service (LoS) and safety, and …

A comparison of deep reinforcement learning models for isolated traffic signal control

F Mao, Z Li, L Li - IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Traditional control methods may not be adaptive enough for ever-changing traffic dynamics.
Hence, extensive deep reinforcement learning (DRL) methods have been utilized to solve …

Improving Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Perimeter Metering Control Methods With Domain Control Knowledge

D Zhou, VV Gayah - Transportation Research Record, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Perimeter metering control has long been an active research topic since well-defined
relationships between network productivity and usage, that is, network macroscopic …

Machine learning for multi-jurisdictional optimal traffic corridor control

C Jacob, B Abdulhai - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2010 - Elsevier
Urban traffic corridors are often controlled by more than one agency. Typically in North
America, a state of provincial transportation department controls freeways while another …

Coordination concepts for ramp metering control in a freeway network

Y Yuan, W Daamen, S Hoogendoorn… - IFAC Proceedings …, 2009 - Elsevier
The steadily increasing numbers and lengths of traffic jams on freeways have led to the
application of Dynamic Traffic Management (DTM) measures all over the world. Ramp …